Things of similar nature, synonyms, or generally alike actions.
As a tax automation group, we should always do technology, tax, advisory, and the like.
by NachoAvgTaxNerd August 11, 2017
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A meaningless word used in teen-age American speech which may indicate, among other things a gap in thinking or brain functioning; a contemporary equivalent of "uh" or "um".
"He was like, about the same age as me, but like, I wasn't sure what he, like, wanted to do with me."
by Russ Wollman March 22, 2003
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Slang term typically used in urban ghettos and popularized on internet memes to mean : To act like, or to appear in a certain way, to say, or to offer up an excuse.
Girls be like, "I hate when guys stare at me at the gym."

Bitches be like, "You want my number? What kind of car you drive?"
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Easy conversation filler that means anything and everything all at once.
I was too lazy to read the text message so I just responded with 'it be like that sometimes'.
by joemammy September 3, 2016
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phrase used to relate specific examples to an overlying concept or idea in order to provide supporting evidence to that idea
Question: Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can't locate the U.S. on a world map. Why do you think this is?

Response: I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps, and uh I believe that our education like such as South Africa, and uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., or er should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for our children.
by Miss South Carolina September 17, 2007
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adverb: almost, nearly, just-about; generally stated in a manner incorporating exaggeration or sarcasm, used primarily in the southern US states
"She was so mad after I forgot her birthday, she like to killed me!"

"Bernice was so funny, I like to died laughing."

"I like to never got this thing on."
-(as uttered by a character in an episode of "Designing Women" after donning a Christmas Tree skirt.)
by Glenn Sheffield August 10, 2008
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